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I finally updated so enjoy the 3 new posts.... September and October.... My knee Surgery....Family Pictures! Enjoy!

Our Family Pictures

In October we had our favorite photographer do our family pictures. The boys were pretty good for the first few but then they had enough and it was a struggle, but the pictures turned out so great we got some great personality pictures of the boys. Thanks so much Jessica! Here are a few of our favorites.

This is one of our last photos! Kaleb was so done!

I love it though!

My handsome boys!

I love this one even though they aren't looking at the camera.

What a cutie

I love that smile!

Our cute family

Don't these two look so much like each other

My Knee

Two weeks after surgery! It is still pretty swollen but getting better

3 days after

Had 23 staples which weren't too bad to be removed!

Well Friday the 29th came I had been told to report the the out-patient surgery floor at 1:45pm, so we had planned to get all ready for the next 30 days that morning well that all changed when I got a call at 8:30 to see if I could come in at 9 instead of course I said yes but it made for a crazy 30 min rush to get the boys up and dressed , feed , packed to go to Aunt Sarah's house. We did it though Tim dropped me off and then drove the kids to my sister's for her to watch them so Tim could be with me. He had to hurry so he would be back in time to hold my hand for the IV (I know after having kids I should be a pro but I still get nervous and need a little support). At 10:30 Tim had to run across the street for his 2 week post-op appointment for his tonsils. They wheeled me into surgery around 11am, it took about an hour and a half. The Dr said my knee was worse than he thought at they had to smooth out my knee cap and add a bone graft as well as do the initial breaking of the tibial and screwing that in place and doing the scope.

It has now been just over 2 weeks I am in a brace that goes from my upper thigh to my ankle.(oh yes peeing has been a little difficult) I have to be no weight baring until Dec 2nd when they will clear me to walk on it again. I have to do physical therapy everyday with Tim, I do leg bends and leg raises. It hurt a ton the first 7 days. It has been a struggle being helpless in a since and very humbling to allow others to help me. Tim has been amazing! He has been doing everything, laundry, diapers, baths, dinner, driving, all cleaning. I am getting better at figuring out how to make things work with just one leg but still I look forward to being able to walk on both legs. I am not sure when my left knee will be done but I am hoping it can get done between semesters, since it has been hard to get to class and such! I I am so grateful to a wonderful grandma who came and helped with some cleaning and took my boys to the park and a wonderful sister who came and helped me when Tim had classes I wouldn't have made it with out you! I am also so grateful to my sister Robyn who drove down to help us for the weekend. Of course I am so thankful for my wonderful husband who might need a month vacation after this is all over.

Some of the hardest things have been not being able to pick up Jakey when I am standing and not being able to play with them since it hurts to not have my leg elevated. Also figuring out the shower i am sure glad my mom had a shower chair for me to borrow. We are surviving and are grateful also for the meals that our ward provided they truly helped a ton. The boys are also adjusting to a mom who is not able to do as much. Kaleb is so helpful when Tim is not here and sometimes when he is! Jakey just misses having mommy do all the normal stuff. We keep hoping this would encourage him to walk but it has not he is however standing more by himself so maybe soon!

September and October

September:
we had a fun September having a great Allred Family Reunion at Zion Ponderosa. That is what the few pictures are from I have more but they are on our other computer. The rest of September we did lots of school, celebrated my 26Th Birthday, had Tim's older brother move out here from Chicago area, enjoyed the wonderful weather with playing at the park , pool, and splash pad.

OCTOBER:

Well October was exciting, we survived it though! Tim had his tonsils out the 13th everything went well he felt great the first 2 days and day 3 he was miserable so he spent the next 3 laying on the couch recouping. Then realized he could not function on the percaset(sp?) so he called and got approval to just take Tylenol which helped his head from spinning all the time. We survived that ordeal and another month of school. The boys had so much fun trick or treating! Jakey loved pulling out the suckers out of his or cousin Alethia's bucket, Kaleb loved running to each door! We didn't do too much trick or treating only because it was so hard having me in the wheelchair. Never again will we say yes to having me have surgery the day before trick or treating. We have survived and had a fabulous month. Now on to November!

We started the month off with a new nephew, Lincoln who came a little early!

We got to have Milo, Kim and Grandma JuJu come visit for the weekend!

Kaleb loves his cousin Milo

We went to Staheli Farms to pick our pumpkins

Staheli Farms

Funny story about the train ride Kaleb is always wearing this hat that Milo gave him the ride was so bumpy by the time he came back he could barely see since the hat had fallen but he couldn't fix it because he was holding on for dear life!

Found his pumpkin!

He wouldn't look at us!

Decorating cookies! He loved eating the frosting!

This is Jakey after trick or treating

My cute boys

Our Jakey Boy was a very cute monkey!

Kaleb was a Pirate!

Jakey and mom in her wheelchair!

Daddy (also a Pirate) and Jakey

Kaleb's Pumpkin

another view

This year we decided to go the cleaner and easier way and just paint the pumkins. Kaleb enjoyed this so much better than last year.

It's Official....

So it's official as of Friday, October 29th I will be going under the knife. I have what they call Tibial Tubercle Transfer (TTT) done on my right knee I am also having it scoped. Basically they will break the tibial tuberosity bone and move it to where it should be. I will be on crutches for 30 days and then after I recover from my right knee I will have the same thing done on my left knee. So it should be an interesting next few months! I will have my pre-op appointment on Tuesday and will know more about what to expect then.
Maybe I will have the time to update this blog, which we have been up to a lot in the last month and half. Some of what has been going on here:

• Allred Family Reunion
• Swimming
• School (lots of it)
• Family Pictures
• Tim's tonsillectomy
• Pumpkin Patch
• New Nephew
• Just enjoying the great weather!

I will try and get all the pictures downloaded up on here so you can all enjoy them since the boys especially our Jakey boy is growing up fast!

They Arrived...

My diamond earrings arrived. They are very cute and I love them!

Diamondearrings.org

I got this from my sister's blog.
There is a new website: http://www.diamondearrings.org/ that is doing a fun promotion. They haven't started selling jewelry yet but they are spreading the word about their site by giving away free pairs of simulated diamond earrings set in sterling silver.
How it works:
1. Mention the site DiamondEarrings.org on twitter, facebook, myspace or your own blog.
2. Go to DiamondEarrings.org and click on "Order Now" on the top right of the page.
3. Fill out the required information and pay for shipping, only $3.77
4. Wait for your earring to arrive.

I just ordered mine and I'll let you know when they arrive!